北京师范大学珠海分校外国语学院任课教师，助教。

本科就读于西华师范大学，英语教育专业；研究生阶段在北京师范大学攻读英美文学专业，翻译理论与实践方向，获英美文学硕士学位；读研期间有幸获选前往台湾短期访学，修读台湾辅仁大学西洋古典暨中世纪文化学程，期间，见证两岸思想交锋，亲聆知名学者教诲，受益匪浅。

毕业后即任教于北京师范大学珠海分校外国语学院。从教以来，主要担任大学英语和英语专业的教学工作，主授课程包括大学英语（普通类及艺术类），英汉互译（大学英语必选课），英语词汇学。

教学过程中重视互动，往往通过激发学生思考和讨论来达到教学目的，同时关注学生反馈，并以之为据发现问题、调整教学方式。

课余投身学术，阅读和研究的主要兴趣在跨文化交流以及中国经典著作的翻译和传播方面；常有所思，亦有些许不成体系之浅见，未敢轻易发表。但相信学无止境，厚积之下终能薄发，届时望有真知灼见与学界分享。

Zhang Yan, female, presently the assistant lecturer in the Faculty of Foreign Languages at Beijing Normal University , Zhuhai.

I spent my undergraduate years in China West Normal University , where I was conferred the degree of B.A. in TESOL. In 2007 I received my M.A. from Beijing Normal University , where I specialized in the theory and practice of translation. During my graduate years, I was fortunately selected as a visiting student to participate in a short-term program on western classical and medieval culture, which was presided by Fu Jen Catholic University of Taiwan. This academic tour was most fruitful and beneficial to me because I not only shared thoughts with the outstanding students from Taiwan and mainland China , but also listened to the enlightening lectures of the distinguished scholars of Taiwan .

Well equipped, I started my teaching career right after graduation from Beijing Normal University . From the very first day I teach in this University, I bear the belief in my mind that I can learn as much from my students as they can learn from me. Therefore interaction is always preferred to the teacher-centered dictating in my classroom. Actually, it proves more effective to make students learn by sparking their thoughts and provoking their discussion. In this process the teacher can obtain some feedbacks, which serve as a basis on which I adjust my teaching method. This, I believe, will eventually lead to pedagogical improvement.

Courses I’ve been teaching include: College English (intended for non-English majors), Translation (E-C, C-E), and English Lexicology (intended for English majors).

Besides teaching, research is also college teachers’ top priority. My reading and research interest lies in cross-cultural communication and the translation of Chinese classic works.

With my preliminary academic exploration and some immature opinions in these fields, I haven’t had myself published, out of my respect for scholarship. It takes more accumulation and mellowing to produce a well-grounded thesis, I believe. But the day will come.